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Language: en
Pages: 205
Pages: 205
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-12-01 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
According to an oft repeated legend, during Christmas before the Civil War, all enslaved people in the American South enjoyed lengthy vacations of a week or mor
Language: en
Pages: 196
Pages: 196
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-20 - Publisher:
In The Myths that Stole Christmas, Johnson argues that Christmas has been hijacked by seven different myths-seven myths that control how people conceive of and
Language: en
Pages: 262
Pages: 262
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher:
This book addresses the need for the holiday to realize that it is not for everyone. Author Flynn discusses how Christmas has been tolerated by Jews and atheist
Language: en
Pages: 256
Pages: 256
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Metro Publishing, Limited
This is an account of all things Christmas-related, from the Gospels to mistletoe, from Rudolph to shopping. It explores the myths, customs, confusions, rituals
Language: en
Pages: 229
Pages: 229
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-29 - Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Why is Christmas the way it is? How did we get from the birth of Jesus to everyone pushing their credit card and their belts to their maximum extent? Starting w
